A Totally Serious (and Not At All Made-Up) History of Civilization
By Daniel Miles
Length24m
About this audiobook
Ah, civilization. That wondrous period when humans figured out two things: (1) fire is amazing and (2) neighbors are terrible.
Our story begins roughly 10,000 years ago or as modern humans might say, “before Wi-Fi.” The earliest civilizations popped up like mushrooms after a cosmic rainstorm: Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, and a few others that mostly argued about who had better pottery.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (1)
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 22, 2025
LanguageEnglish
More from Daniel Miles
BACKSTORYDaniel Miles5h 20m4.5 (37) Only with Ultra
STRANGE FEELINGDaniel Miles5h 20m Only with Ultra
THE BRIDGE AGAINDaniel Miles5h 20m Only with Ultra
THE INVITATIONDaniel Miles5h 36m Only with Ultra
FRACTURED DAWNDaniel Miles5h 7m Only with Ultra
WILD WITHINDaniel Miles5h 8m4.6 (28) Only with Ultra
MIDDLE OF NOWHEREDaniel Miles5h 8m4.2 (25) Only with Ultra
THE FIRST FOLLOWERDaniel Miles5h 3m Only with Ultra
FOOTSETEPS IN THE DARKDaniel Miles5h 11m Only with Ultra
THE GREAT NAMINGDaniel Miles5h 7m Only with Ultra
The Great Quest for the Perfect JokeDaniel Miles22m Only with Ultra
Planet 9½: The Intergalactic Odd JobDaniel Miles25m Only with Ultra
THE FUTURE OF WILDLIFE: A FIELD GUIDE FOR THE CLUELESS EARTHLING Daniel Miles23m5.0 (1) Only with Ultra
THE FUTURE OF SPORT: A FIELD GUIDE FOR THE UNATHLETIC OBSERVER Daniel Miles21m Only with Ultra
The Future of Health: A Slightly Too Honest Look at Humanity 2125 Daniel Miles29m3.0 (2) Only with Ultra
The Future: Slightly Better, Mostly Weirder Daniel Miles22m Only with Ultra
The Fields Beyond Hope Daniel Miles22m Only with Ultra
The Great London QuestDaniel Miles21m Only with Ultra
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$18 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
White HotIlona Andrews13h 18m4.5 (136.9K)$5 · $0.00
The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga, #5)Jackie French14h 58m4.6 (773)$33 · $0.00
Cast in BloodMichelle Sagara16h 35m4.6 (607)$33 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20m4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The George Orwell CollectionGeorge Orwell24h 46m4.5 (14.4K)$12 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 38m4.5 (9.2K)$2 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
When God Calls the HeartBrian Bird, Michelle Cox3h 24m4.6 (439)$10 · $0.00
Five Little IndiansMichelle Good10h 34m4.5 (64.5K)$29 · $0.00
Lolth's WarriorR. A. Salvatore13h 20m4.6 (2.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Things We Cannot SayKelly Rimmer13h 48m4.5 (359.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonoree Fanonne Jeffers29h 49m4.5 (58K)$8 · $0.00
Going PostalTerry Pratchett11h 23m4.5 (189.9K)$29 · $0.00
You may also like
The Story of the VolsungsAnonymous5h 17m4.0 (8K)$2 · $0.00
Shu KingConfucius10h 4m4.0 (1.3K)$2 · $0.00
Ancient Greece, Second EditionThomas R. Martin12h 59m4.1 (3.3K)$23
StatesmanPlato4h 30m3.9 (1.5K)$1.80 · $0.00
The Story of EgyptJoann Fletcher17h 26m4.0 (2K)$25
The Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein Veblen11h 55m4.0 (7.1K)$23
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1Edward Gibbon20h 18m4.3 (14.6K)Free
Ancient RomeThomas R. Martin8h 52m4.1 (994)$20
The Life of GreeceWill Durant32h 34m4.4 (5.6K)$30
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age (Annotated)W. E. Gladstone61h 26m$2 · $0.00
The Story of the Indian MutinyA. R. Hope Moncrieff5h 39m$2.30
Art and Civilization of PersiaVladimir Lukonin, Anatoli Ivanov8h 41m4.1 (27)$19 · $0.00
The History of the Ancient Civilizations (Annotated)Max Duncker82h 21m$1.99 · $0.00
Central Asian ArtVladimir Lukonin, Anatoly Ivanov3h 11m4.4 (15)$18 · $0.00
A Journey through Art of IndiaRobert Weinstein1h 26m$13 · $0.00
Persian ArtVladimir Lukonin, Anatoly Ivanov10h 21m4.1 (61)$18 · $0.00
History of the Britons (Annotated)Nennius2h 35m3.5 (407)$1.99 · $0.00
Art of India 120 illustrationsVincent Arthur Smith1h 45m3.5 (15)$15 · $0.00
Archæology and the BibleGeorge A. Barton18h 59m4.1 (39)$1 · $0.00
A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, ArchitectureClara Erskine Clement Waters9h 28m3.2 (32)$2 · $0.00